The biggest problem they are going to have is customer interest. There are already many steaming music services out there. They don't just have to convince people to try their service. They have to convince people to switch from a service they are already using.
There is always room for someone who does it better.
Remember when facebook displaced myspace?
I'm not saying it is going to happen but it is possible.
You can hardly blame tech companies for a lack of diversity when the talent pool coming out of universities is milk toast.
Source: Seeing 5 minority or women (non Asian) graduate in my 4 years at U.
While I admit some companies are just horrible but sometimes this is the by product of doing things right.
The company I work for hires 2/3rds employees with under 5 years experience most of which are recent college grads. With in three years most of these employees have been fired or promoted and the need for more entry level positions exists and the cycle starts again. Promoting from with in rewards employees for hard work and boosts company morale.
I've read enough bad reviews on Newegg that I do believe they are removing only vague or troll posts.
Removing only 15% of posts isn't much considering the amount of troll post/. sees.
If you're going to spend hundreds of dollars on the music player spending $10 one a usb card isn't unreasonable. I'd gladly do it if it meant getting the music player with the features i want.
If the product is not available for sale, I would aruge that common sense dictates that the public sharing of the product hurts nobody as the copyright is not being actively protected!.
That is how Disney makes money. They release a movie. Sell the hell out of it. Then they yank it off the market and tell you they are going to do so thus heightening the demand for the product.
Even if this is not the case if a company chooses to no longer sell a product that doesn't mean you can go and give it away for free. They own the IP rights. They spent the time and money to develop it. It's their right.
As far as nonexhistant companies go it's sorta like grave robbing.
This may not be a popular postition on/. but it is one way of looking at it.
all that is asked in return is that you take a break every once in a while from the show
That's funny.
Let you ask you this. Why are there more commercials on nonbroadcast channels i pay for such as TNT and USA? If you watch any of these cable channels the comercial break is sometimes longer than the amount of movie they play before the next comercial break.
Comercials are for one thing only. Profit. And they will will keep adding more comercials and raising the cable rates because we are to fat and lazy to get our asses off the couch.
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The biggest problem they are going to have is customer interest. There are already many steaming music services out there. They don't just have to convince people to try their service. They have to convince people to switch from a service they are already using.
Ouch! I use java and silverlight daily.
hahahahahahahha !
Uk not `Merica
That's life on the bleeding edge.
If their birth name is that much of a burden they can legally change it. Problem solved.
Sounds like a great idea for a school science project or demonstration / lecture.
Another angle to consider. Why shell out the full purchase cost of a car when I can borrow at a rate equal or below inflation?
It very cost effective to hold a conference in Las Vegas so that makes it a popular spot to hold conferences.
There is always room for someone who does it better. Remember when facebook displaced myspace? I'm not saying it is going to happen but it is possible.
As long as it's a 1 to 1 physical to digital copy this sounds like fair use to me.
Now that is evil.
You can hardly blame tech companies for a lack of diversity when the talent pool coming out of universities is milk toast. Source: Seeing 5 minority or women (non Asian) graduate in my 4 years at U.
If that was there sole reason they would just tax it.
I agree with your point but the game is being played whether you participate or not.
While I admit some companies are just horrible but sometimes this is the by product of doing things right. The company I work for hires 2/3rds employees with under 5 years experience most of which are recent college grads. With in three years most of these employees have been fired or promoted and the need for more entry level positions exists and the cycle starts again. Promoting from with in rewards employees for hard work and boosts company morale.
Till they ban bring your own modem. What your current modem works just fine and you have to pay for a new one. Already happening.
They use lists of known file hashes to search for files unique to your computer. If this were done they would have to examine every file.
Because there is not much of a market for $400 e-reader.
"have you thought of taking the longest vacation that you can get away with?"
I used to call those employee appreciation days. It worked every time.
Thank you for making me $10 :)
I've read enough bad reviews on Newegg that I do believe they are removing only vague or troll posts. Removing only 15% of posts isn't much considering the amount of troll post /. sees.
If you're going to spend hundreds of dollars on the music player spending $10 one a usb card isn't unreasonable. I'd gladly do it if it meant getting the music player with the features i want.
If the product is not available for sale, I would aruge that common sense dictates that the public sharing of the product hurts nobody as the copyright is not being actively protected!.
/. but it is one way of looking at it.
That is how Disney makes money. They release a movie. Sell the hell out of it. Then they yank it off the market and tell you they are going to do so thus heightening the demand for the product.
Even if this is not the case if a company chooses to no longer sell a product that doesn't mean you can go and give it away for free. They own the IP rights. They spent the time and money to develop it. It's their right.
As far as nonexhistant companies go it's sorta like grave robbing.
This may not be a popular postition on
all that is asked in return is that you take a break every once in a while from the show
That's funny.
Let you ask you this. Why are there more commercials on nonbroadcast channels i pay for such as TNT and USA? If you watch any of these cable channels the comercial break is sometimes longer than the amount of movie they play before the next comercial break.
Comercials are for one thing only. Profit. And they will will keep adding more comercials and raising the cable rates because we are to fat and lazy to get our asses off the couch.